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thwart

[ thwawrt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.).
  3. Archaic.
    1. to cross.
    2. to extend across.


noun

  1. a seat across a boat, especially one used by a rower.
  2. a transverse member spreading the gunwales of a canoe or the like.

adjective

  1. passing or lying crosswise or across; cross; transverse.
  2. perverse; obstinate.
  3. adverse; unfavorable.

preposition

  1. across; athwart.

thwart

/ 胃飞蓴藧迟 /

verb

  1. to oppose successfully or prevent; frustrate

    they thwarted the plan

  2. obsolete.
    to be or move across
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. nautical a seat lying across a boat and occupied by an oarsman
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. passing or being situated across
  2. archaic.
    perverse or stubborn
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

preposition

  1. obsolete.
    across
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞迟丑飞补谤迟别谤, noun
  • 藞迟丑飞补谤迟别诲濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟丑飞补谤迟顎侥诲路濒测 adverb
  • 迟丑飞补谤迟顎侥谤 noun
  • 耻苍路迟丑飞补谤迟顎侥诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路迟丑飞补谤迟顎僫苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of thwart1

First recorded in 1200鈥50; Middle English thwert (adverb), from Old Norse thvert 鈥渁cross,鈥 neuter of thverr 鈥渢ransverse鈥; cognate with Old English thweorh 鈥渃rooked, cross,鈥 Gothic thwairhs 鈥渃ross, angry鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of thwart1

C13: from Old Norse thvert, from thverr transverse; related to Old English thweorh crooked, Old High German twerh transverse
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Synonym Study

Thwart, frustrate, baffle imply preventing one, more or less completely, from accomplishing a purpose. Thwart and frustrate apply to purposes, actions, plans, etc., baffle, to the psychological state of the person thwarted. Thwart suggests stopping one by opposing, blocking, or in some way running counter to one's efforts. Frustrate implies rendering all attempts or efforts useless or ineffectual, so that nothing ever comes of them. Baffle suggests causing defeat by confusing, puzzling, or perplexing, so that a situation seems too hard a problem to understand or solve.
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鈥淎pple, despite knowing its obligations thereunder, thwarted the injunction鈥檚 goals, and continued its anticompetitive conduct solely to maintain its revenue stream.鈥

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But it鈥檚 also frightening, Acharya said, to think that political considerations are now guiding science and scientific research, erasing years of effort and thwarting potential cures and the chance at future breakthrough treatments.

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The latest claim comes months after Ouagadougou said it thwarted another "destabilisation" plot against the junta last November.

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Many Caribbean leaders feel the best strategy to thwart the fallout from tariffs is to negotiate as a bloc.

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What happened since then offers clear evidence that our political system is set up to thwart such awakenings of conscience.

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